Atlast! 3G in India

This is a discussion on Atlast! 3G in India within Gadgets, Computers & Software, part of the Shifting gears category; Originally Posted by comet
So its 1500 for unlimited and 800 for the cheapest 3G plan? Is it me or ...

So its 1500 for unlimited and 800 for the cheapest 3G plan? Is it me or are these plans a tad expensive for an average mobile device which has LIMITED battery life

If you live in a metro, and if BSNL has started providing Evdo service in your metro, and if you don't roam (as in use it outside your metro), then no TATA or Reliance can beat that. Rs.550 p.m. Unlimited upload/download. And with 2.4mbps theoretical speed, and 1mbps actual street speed, it is a very good proposition.

I would have gone for the Psurfer if they were not binding us to a Telco. Ideally would have wanted a SIMless device which could connect onto my cellphone and use the GPRS. Their first product was such a one and was being sold till recently for Rs. 5000+ but it did not have GPS like the new one.

A friend is going to buy a Psurfer 2 today. Will get the review ASAP. The features and the videos on youtube look good. One of the biggest advantages is the connectivity as it uses GPRS and not 3g or EDGE, so you will be able to use it at the same speed everywhere. And they claim 7 seconds to load any page using some compression algorithm, but will be able to confirm all of it once I get the review from him.

My MTNL SIM latched on to 3G for a few minutes last week. Looks like MTNL is testing 3G in suburbs.

You may get the MTNL 3G on the Western Express specifically near the Airport as they plan to introduce the services there and might be testing it out. It seems they are facing hurdles in South Mumbai because of the tall buildings all around.

I read somewhere that in Delhi their CMD has complained that some mysterious people are using their 3G frequency and testing their equipment disrupting MTNL services. Maybe some jealous private operator.